Overview
- Utah Avalanche Center issued a Special Advisory for every mountain region in Utah and southeastern Idaho through Monday morning, citing a rapid, heat‑driven shift to wet‑avalanche conditions.
- Colorado Avalanche Information Center reports temperatures 15 to 25 degrees above normal and says the current setup supports both wet slab and loose wet avalanches.
- Forecasters warn that wet avalanches can occur on all aspects and at all elevations, and that conditions may be unstable from the start of the day.
- Experts caution that continued warming could push meltwater into buried weak layers, raising the risk of large deep‑slab or glide avalanches.
- Rapid melt has lowered Utah’s average snow‑water equivalent to 7.4 inches and is prompting early resort closures, with Snowbasin set to close Sunday after Cherry Peak and Eagle Point shut down and Nordic Valley likely to follow this weekend.